Comments on: Beware of Wet Nests! http://mypurplemartinblog.com/2009/05/beware-of-wet-nests/ Daily comings and goings of a Purple Martin bird colony and information to help you attract them to your yard Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:38:01 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Carl http://mypurplemartinblog.com/2009/05/beware-of-wet-nests/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Carl Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:12:09 +0000 http://mypurplemartinblog.com/?p=591#comment-10 I really enjoyed your video of the nest change and shared it with friends as well. Good job! I have never had to do a nest change (YET!) and hope I do not have to. I did have one nest get wet this spring but that was before the ASY's laid eggs and I had no trouble changing the wet material. The pine straw is an EXCELLENT material. Sometimes, the birds will haul in pine bark mulch and that gets and stays wet. I, like you, use the 5% Sevin Dust (1/4 teaspoon) and have never had any problem with mites in those condos/gourds. I forgot, one year, to treat my tree swallow gourd and it did get invested with mites before I realized what was happening. I was able to save the young TS though with a late treatment with Sevin Dust. I really enjoyed your video of the nest change and shared it with friends as well. Good job! I have never had to do a nest change (YET!) and hope I do not have to. I did have one nest get wet this spring but that was before the ASY’s laid eggs and I had no trouble changing the wet material. The pine straw is an EXCELLENT material. Sometimes, the birds will haul in pine bark mulch and that gets and stays wet.

I, like you, use the 5% Sevin Dust (1/4 teaspoon) and have never had any problem with mites in those condos/gourds. I forgot, one year, to treat my tree swallow gourd and it did get invested with mites before I realized what was happening. I was able to save the young TS though with a late treatment with Sevin Dust.

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